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US 12,246,298 B2Granted
Offshore reforming installation or vessel
AssigneeHaldor TopsøE A/S
InventorsPeter Mølgaard Mortensen, Per Juul Dahl, Kasper Emil Larsen, Kim Aasberg-Petersen, Robert Klein
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Abstract
An offshore installation or offshore vessel is provided which comprises a reactor system for carrying out steam reforming of a feed gas comprising hydrocarbons.
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An offshore installation or offshore vessel comprising a reactor system for carrying out steam reforming of a feed gas comprising hydrocarbons, said reactor system comprising:
- a structured catalyst arranged for catalyzing steam reforming of said feed gas comprising hydrocarbons, said structured catalyst comprising a macroscopic structure of electrically conductive material, said macroscopic structure supporting a ceramic coating, wherein said ceramic coating supports a catalytically active material;
- a pressure shell housing said structured catalyst, said pressure shell comprising an inlet for letting in said feed gas and an outlet for letting out product gas, wherein said inlet is positioned so that said feed gas enters said structured catalyst in a first end of said structured catalyst and said product gas exits said structured catalyst from a second end of said structured catalyst;
- a heat insulation layer between said structured catalyst and said pressure shell;
- and
- at least two conductors electrically connected to said structured catalyst and to an electrical power supply placed outside said pressure shell, wherein said electrical power supply is dimensioned to heat at least part of said structured catalyst to a temperature of at least 500° C. by passing an electrical current through said macroscopic structure, wherein said at least two conductors are connected to the structured catalyst at a position on the structured catalyst closer to said first end of said structured catalyst than to said second end of said structured catalyst, and wherein the structured catalyst is constructed to direct an electrical current to run from one conductor substantially to the second end of the structured catalyst and return to a second of said at least two conductors.
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A method for rapidly switching a metal-catalysed steam methane reforming reaction of a feed gas comprising hydrocarbons in a reactor system of an offshore installation or offshore vessel comprising said reactor system, from a first steady-state reaction condition (A) to a second steady-state reaction condition (B) or vice-versa;
- wherein said reactor system comprises a pressure shell housing a structured catalyst arranged to catalyze steam reforming of a feed gas comprising hydrocarbons, said structured catalyst comprising a macroscopic structure of an electrically conductive material, said macroscopic structure supporting a ceramic coating, where said ceramic coating supports a catalytically active material and wherein said reactor system is provided with heat insulation between said structured catalyst and said pressure shell, and where a power supply placed outside said pressure shell is arranged to supply electrical power via electrical conductors connecting to said structured catalyst, allowing an electrical current to run through said macroscopic structure, thereby heating at least part of the structured catalyst;
- said method comprising the steps of:
- in said first steady-state reaction condition (A):
- supplying said feed gas to the reactor system in a first total flow, and
- supplying a first electrical power via electrical conductors connecting an electrical power supply placed outside said pressure shell to said structured catalyst, thereby allowing a first electrical current to run through said electrically conductive material,
- thereby heating at least part of the structured catalyst to a first temperature at which said feed gas is converted to a first product gas mixture over said structured catalyst under said first steady-state reaction conditions (A);
- and said first product gas is outlet from the reactor system;
- and,
- in said second steady-state reaction condition (B):
- supplying said feed gas to the reactor system in a second total flow,
- supplying a second electrical power via electrical conductors connecting an electrical power supply placed outside said pressure shell to said structured catalyst, thereby allowing a second electrical current to run through said electrically conductive material,
- thereby heating at least part of the structured catalyst to a second temperature;
- at which said feed gas is converted to a second product gas mixture over said structured catalyst under said second steady-state reaction conditions (B);
- and said second product gas is outlet from the reactor system;
- wherein said second electrical power is higher than said first electrical power;
- and/or
- said second total flow is higher than said first total flow.
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